Patient Transportation Tech - Post Anesthesia Care Unit - FT - Evening

Stormont-Vail HealthCare • Topeka, KS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Transportation Technician is scheduled as required to meet the needs of Stormont-Vail. The role frequently interacts with internal customers, using tact and diplomacy while communicating clearly and accurately. This is a patient-facing, on-site position with no remote work capability, supervisory responsibility, or budget responsibility. The position is full time, 40 hours per week, and works a second shift (evenings), with shifts of less than 12 hours. It is non-exempt.

The technician transports patients and other people requiring assistance, as well as medications, specimens, blood products, films, and other items to authorized personnel. Transportation is performed using beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs. The position assists with lifting and positioning patients, including patients weighing up to 400 pounds using assistive devices, and with transporting deceased patients to the morgue. The employee must be able to lift up to 50 pounds and work as part of a team.

The role requires maintaining delivery logs, keeping the work area clean, professional, and safe, and maintaining a neat, professional appearance. The technician is expected to use time effectively, work respectfully and adaptably as a team member, and promptly communicate problems to a supervisor. Employees must comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements, and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• One year of customer service experience.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 90 days of hire.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Willingness and ability to work as a team to transport and position patients weighing up to 400 pounds using assistive devices.
• Clear and accurate communication, tact, and diplomacy when interacting with internal customers.

Nice To Haves

• Prior direct patient care experience.

Responsibilities

• Transport patients, visitors requiring assistance, medications, specimens, blood products, films, and other items to authorized personnel.
• Use beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs to transport patients and other items.
• Assist with lifting patients into beds and transporting them to their required destinations.
• Assist with lifting patients into the cadaver cart and delivering them to the morgue room.
• Transport patients according to proper procedures.
• Maintain logs of items picked up and delivered.
• Maintain a clean, professional, and safe work area and a neat, professional appearance.
• Use own time and others’ time effectively.
• Work as a respectful, cordial, self-motivated, and adaptable team member.
• Communicate problems immediately to the supervisor.
• Comply with all Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed